The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
οιP75 | The | οἱ | The | οι | | | eremo | — | — | — | — | Οἱ | The | |||||
πατερεσP75 | fathers | πατέρες | fathers | πατερες | | | patres | Patres | fathers | ܐܒܗܝܢ | fathers | πατέρες | fathers | |||||
ημωνP75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | nostri | nostri | of us | ܡܢܢܐ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
τοP75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
μανναP75 | manna | μάννα | manna | μαννα | | | manducauerunt | manducaverunt | manna | — | — | μάννα | manna | |||||
εφαγονP75 | ate | ἔφαγον | ate | εφαγον | | | manna | manna | ate | ܐܟܠܘ | ate | ἔφαγον | ate | |||||
ενP75 | in | ἐν | in | εν | | | in | in | in | ܒܡܕܒܪܐ | in | ἐν | in | |||||
τηP75 | the | τῇ | the | τη | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῇ | the | |||||
ερημωP75 | wilderness | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | ερημω | | | de | deserto | wilderness | ܐܝܟܢܐ | wilderness | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | |||||
καθωσP75 | even as | καθώς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | ܕܟܬܝܒ | even as | καθώς | even as | |||||
εστινP75 | it is | ἐστιν | it is | εστιν | | | scriptum | scriptum | it is | — | — | ἐστιν | it is | |||||
γεγραμμενονP75 | written: | γεγραμμένον· | written: | γεγραμμενον | | | est | est | written: | ܕܠܚܡܐ | written: | γεγραμμένον | written: | |||||
αρτονP75 | Bread | ἄρτον | Bread | αρτον | | | panem | Panem | Bread | ܡܢ | Bread | Ἄρτον | Bread | |||||
εκP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | caelo | de | from | ܫܡܝܐ | from | ἐκ | from | |||||
τουP75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ουρανουP75 | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ουρανου | | | — | cælo | heaven | ܝܗܒ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | |||||
εδωκενP75 | He gave | ἔδωκεν | He gave | εδωκεν | | | dedit | dedit | He gave | — | — | ἔδωκεν | He gave | |||||
αυτοισP75 | them | αὐτοῖς | them | αυτοις | | | illis | eis | them | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτοῖς | them | |||||
φαγεινP75 | to eat.’ | φαγεῖν.¶ | to eat.’ | φαγειν | | | manducare | manducare | to eat.’ | ܠܡܐܟܠ | to eat.’ | φαγεῖν | to eat.’ | |||||
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